Unique farm to Table cooking class in Saigon

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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

6 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

This farm-to-table cooking class in Saigon sets itself apart from other Vietnamese cooking classes by taking participants for a tour of the nearby farm to gather fresh ingredients. After your tour, you’ll learn to cook four traditional dishes, and then sit down to enjoy them accompanied by coffee or tea. After your class, bring home recipes to use at home.

Learn to cook four traditional Vietnamese dishes from a master chef
Tour a Saigon farm, and collect fresh vegetables for making your meal
Walk away with recipes to remember your experience
This cooking class includes Ho Chi Minh City hotel pickup and drop-off

Sample Menu

Starter

Prawn wrap with coriander /spring roll / banh xeo

Main

Papaya salad with bbq meat or vegies or seafood and stew chicken or famous pho

Dessert

Banana spring roll with coconut cream or orange sauce

What's Included

Bottled water
Lunch
Meals as per itinerary (B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner)
All activities
Driver/guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Air-conditioned vehicle

Drinks
Personal expense

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

we will pick up you in any hotels, address in ho chi minh city

What To Expect

HCM Cooking Class

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Infant seats available
Wheelchair accessible

Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

RobHAndV2

My daughter and I did this tour and it was the best tour we did in HCMC. The tour of the farm was amazing. The cooking class was well organized with the right amount of prep done in advance to make the instruction from Nu easy to follow. Instructions were easy to understand and Nu made the class very fun. The food we prepared was fantastic and filling. Highly recommend this tour if you like cooking classes.

Reviews

5.0

based on 70 reviews

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Great class - different from expected

Janet_L, Apr 2026

The experience overall was lovely and I truly enjoyed the class and the instructor. The farm setting was beautiful and the cooking itself was a highlight of my trip. However, I wanted to provide feedback on a few aspects that would be especially important for solo travelers. First, I was the only participant in the class. While the one-on-one experience was still enjoyable, I had expected a small group setting and would have appreciated knowing this in advance so I could make an informed decision. It would be very helpful if there were some type of visibility or participant count available at booking so guests can better understand whether the experience will be private or group-based. Second, the return transportation could be improved. At the end of the class, I was placed in a Grab (Uber-type) ride for a 90-minute trip back to the city, but it was arranged on my behalf, so I did not have access to tracking or driver details through the app. As a solo traveler in a rural area, this created a moment of discomfort due to the lack of visibility and communication. I would suggest that future guests be informed if a class is private and that return transportation either be booked directly through the guest’s own app or that clear driver and tracking details be provided in advance so guests can feel fully comfortable and secure.

Great Fun!

Janice_A, Nov 2024

This was a fun activity! I was graciously picked up at my hotel and off we went to the farm. It was a nice experience to see the variety of herbs that they grow there. It is a busy place. I did learn quite a few tips on cooking the various foods. If you like to cook, you will enjoy this.

Thank you, Chef Alice!

Elizabeth_A, Aug 2024

Chef Alice is a delight. After being picked up from my hotel in the centre of HCM city we headed north (note: with traffic this takes well over an hour) to the organic farm. During our brief tour we picked the ingredients for our multi-course meal. Despite living in SE Asia for 6 years already, I learned new things about preparing different sauces and making fried rolls and a delicious main meal. All in all a very enjoyable experience… the family who shared it with me had 3 kids under 12 years. A wonderful opportunity to show children where food actually comes from - and how to cook it.

A must do in Saigon

Julie_C, Apr 2024

This experience is a must for visitors to Saigon. Everything was wonderful from hotel pick up, walk through the farm, the actual cooking experience to hotel drop off. Highly recommend and many thanks to Linh and Tan for a wonderful day.

Great morning

Andrea_M, Apr 2024

Super way to spend a morning, Linh was our guide/chef/teacher and he was so knowledgeable, kind and just a lovely guy. The menu we cooked was beautiful and so fresh and easy, would recommend this tour

Farm to table to mouth

Kenyon_A, Mar 2024

A wonderful host, Linh led us through the farm showing us how to harvest ingredients for our meal and detailing different practices on the organic farm. The cooking class helped gain familiarity with classic dishes and their components

Excellent

Angelo_C, Mar 2024

Alice was wonderful and very informative Explaining every step in the preparation and cooking process

Highly recommend

Paige_B, Nov 2023

So happy we chose this cooking class, the tour around the local farm to collect our herbs and vegetation was great and the instructions while cooking was easy to copy. Enjoyed every dish made and was given recipes to take home.

A great experience

Colleen_D, Oct 2023

From start to finish Alice was the ultimate host The farm experience and cooking segment were professionally presented The dishes we cooked were delicious plus we met Chef Tan We really appreciated the photos sent to us of the event Very satisfied clients

It took about an hour due...

Jenny_K, Aug 2023

It took about an hour due to the traffic condition to reach the farm/cooking school at Cu Chi. Given ice cold shiso tea to drink throughout the stay. Got to see some cows/buffaloes and the organic farm which has mainly herbs, vege, fruits and oyster mushroom. Got to sample some cashew nuts and sweet cashew nut snack which you can buy cheaper here than in town. The cooking class is easy to follow and satisfying to be able to cook these few dishes. We are given the printed recipes to bring home or you can buy a recipe book for USD10.

A delicious new learning experience

Janette_M, Jul 2023

What a fantastic day out. This was a little bit further out of town than we expected, a bit over an hours drive from our hotel but Viator says 6 hr tour, and it was with the drive to/from. We started with a walk around the gardens learning about the different plants and their culinary and medicinal properties and we picked some for use in our cooking. We were then served a cold drink and fruit and had a bit of a rest, it was a very hot day, then. We were asked about food allergies and other issues, I don’t eat pork, so for that dish I substituted oyster mushrooms which we hand picked. Delicious. We first made prawn spring rolls, then moved on to caramel chicken, bbq pork and noodle salad, then banana spring rolls for dessert. Needless to say, we did not need dinner that night! All food was prepared individually, not shared amongst the group or with a partner, so personal preferences for things like no pork, or how much chilli you use was all up to your own tastes. We made all the marinade, dipping sauce and salad dressing from scratch. All very delicious. Prior to starting, the wonderful assistants had already sliced the chicken and pork, peeled the prawns and chopped the garlic and chilli and set out additional cooking items such as spices, oil etc. Chef Lin was happy, knowledgeable and very encouraging, especially to those in the group with little cooking experience. I highly recommend the Ho Chi Minh cooking school as a holiday activity if your looking to learn about local cuisine or if you want to fill in a day not filled with the usual crowds and traffic of Ho Chi Minh City.

Response from Host, Jul 2023

Hi Janette thanks for really awesome reviews and very details . we got great times with you from picking , cooking , chatting and eating with you . you are so nice , quick learning . love all our times with you . Hope you bring what you learn and apply it into your kitchen soon Keep in Touch Best Take Care chef Tan

Fun, delicious and educational

Marshadi_R, Jun 2023

It was so much fun! Tien gave us lots of cool facts about the leaves and ingredients we were picking, I don’t know anything about food and herbs and their benefits so it was great and she answered all our weird questions haha oh and the food was soooo delicious!!! I wish I wasn’t so hot and sweaty bc my appetite wasn’t big but ugh the food was amazing!! It was fabulous and the staff were really helpful with our booking since we had a bit of confusion after booking. It was very worthwhile I’m glad we went!

Wonderful Experience

susanrkile, May 2023

I wanted something beyond the typical tourist experience since this was not my first time to visit Ho Chi Minh. The cooking class and preceding tour of the garden to pick supplies to use in our meals was wonderful. IMore food than we could eat and I have even tried some of the recipes at home and they were a success. I would recommend this class to everyone.

Best cooking class

Conrad_C, Apr 2023

Best cooking class ever. Organic from the farm, patient and knowledgeable chef, perfect excursion with Dien

Great activity

Paige_T, Apr 2023

A great way to spend the day! The farm is beautiful and harvesting your ingredients before cooking is a unique experience. The food was delicious and our chef, Alice, was great and she shared a lot of information.

Excellent cooking class experience

Deborah_R, Feb 2023

Wonderful hands on cooking class. You pick the vegetables and mushrooms from the organic garden and prepare a 4 course meal in the spacious open air school. Each person has their own cooking station and the ingredients and spices are prepped by his staff in advance. Chef Tan presents the flavors of Vietnamese cooking in a dynamic style and there is never a dull moment. Get out of HCMC and enjoy a few hours in the countryside!

Yummy!

Rafelena_R, Feb 2023

I really enjoyed this from farm to table cooking class. First we had a tour of the garden and also picked the veggies we needed to cook with. Chef Tan was great and explained things well and her assistant was lovely too. You make a starter, main and dessert. I would recommend this tour whether your an avid cook or not the experience of cooking Vietnamese food in Vietnam is an experience you will never forget.

Fantastic experience

Erik_V, Sep 2022

Very knowledgeable and friendly guide (named Lan), incredible food (not exaggerating when I say the noodle salad we made was one of the best things we ate while in HCMC), patient and clear instructions from the chef, nice venue. Highly recommend. Also close to Cu Chi tunnels so consider adding that on to the tour.

A must-do when in HCMC

RobHAndV2, Mar 2020

J’y suis allée avec une...

Dominique_P, May 2022

J’y suis allée avec une japonaise que j’avais rencontrée la vieille lors d’une excursion j’ai trouvé ça génial juste déçue car c’était indiqué que l’on parlait français et ce n’était pas le cas sinon tout était parfait là chef et l’activité cuisine étaient enrichissante merci

Super!

Pascale_A, Nov 2019

La plus belle activité que nous avons fait à Ho Chi Minh! Permet de sortir de l’agitation. Très belle visite de ferme, la cuisine était plus que délicieuse.